JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 38Webster - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Job 1Job 2Job 3Job 4Job 5Job 6Job 7Job 8Job 9Job 10Job 11Job 12Job 13Job 14Job 15Job 16Job 17Job 18Job 19Job 20Job 21Job 22Job 23Job 24Job 25Job 26Job 27Job 28Job 29Job 30Job 31Job 32Job 33Job 34Job 35Job 36Job 37Job 38Job 39Job 40Job 41Job 42›Job 38ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 2Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? 3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. 4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5Who hath laid the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6Upon what are the foundations of it fastened? or who laid its corner stone; 7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb? 9When I made a cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it, 10And broke up for it my decreed [place], and set bars and doors, 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed. 12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] caused the day-spring to know its place; 13That it might take hold of the ends of earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? 14It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment. 15And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken. 16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? 17Have the gates of death been opened to thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shades of death? 18Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. 19Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] its place, 20That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] its house? 21Knowest thou [it], because thou wast then born? or [because] the number of thy days [is] great? 22Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, 23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? 24By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth? 25Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; 26To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is]; [on] the wilderness in which [there is] no man; 27To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground]; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? 28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of the dew? 29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 30The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. 31Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? 32Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in its season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with its sons? 33Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set its dominion on the earth? 34Canst thou lift thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? 35Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say to thee, Here we [are]? 36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? 37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, 38When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? 39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, 40When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait? 41Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God, they wander for want of food. ‹Previous chapterJob 37Next chapterJob 39›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsJob 38 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain